Education

University of Tennessee, J.D. 2002 high honors
Tennessee Law Review (Third Year Editor)
National Moot Court Team
University of Memphis, B.A. (English) 1998 high honors

Bar Admissions

Tennessee (2002)

U.S. District Courts
Tennessee: Western, Middle and Eastern

U.S. Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit

Memberships

Jackson-Madison County Bar Association (President 2011 – 2012) (Member 2003 – present)
Tennessee Bar Association (Member 2002 – present)
Tennessee Bar Journal Editorial Board (Member 2020 – present)
Defense Research Institute (Member 2003 – present)
The Howell Edmunds Jackson American Inn of Court (Barrister 2010 – 2015)
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Co-Chair of Professional Negligence and Healthcare Section 2013 – 2016) (Member 2012 – present)
Tennessee Board of Law Examiners Investigatory Committee (Member 2014 – present)

Honors and Distinctions

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV-Preeminent (Highest Level of Professional Excellence)
Named a “Rising Star” in area of medical malpractice defense by Law & Politics Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)
Named a top “40 under 40” professional by The Jackson Sun newspaper (2015)
President Jackson-Madison County Bar Association (2011-2012)
President Jackson-Madison County Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division (2005 – 2006)
Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Graduate (TBALL Class of 2009)
Rainey Kizer Ethics Committee Chair (2017 – present)
Rainey Kizer Executive Committee Member (2014-2016)

Faculty Appointments

Union University in Jackson, TN (2007 – 2016) Adjunct faculty member teaching Medical Ethics and Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Tennessee Nurses Association Annual Conference (Speaker) (2019)

Evidence, Science and the Law (Speaker): National Business Institute (2019)

Compensating Fact Witnesses in Tennessee (Co-Author): Tennessee Bar Journal (July 2015)

Medical Records Law in Tennessee (Speaker): Lorman Education Services (Summer 2013)

Maximizing the Use of Depositions at Trial (Co-Author): Trials and Tribulations (DRI Trial Tactics Committee Newsletter) (Summer 2009)

Prejudgment Interest in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases (Author): Tennessee Young Lawyer Newsletter (Fall 2008)

Vaccine Injury Litigation (Co-Author): For the Defense (DRI Magazine) (November 2007)

A Roadmap for Vaccine Injury Litigation in Tennessee (Author): Tennessee Bar Journal (May 2006)

Community Involvement

Fellowship Bible Church (Member)
Trinity Christian Academy Booster Club (Member)
AAU Assistant Basketball Coach (2017 – present)
Youth Soccer Coach (JAWS League – 2012)
Youth Basketball Coach (PALS League 2012 – 2013)

Representative/Published Cases

• Yebuah v. Center for Urological Treatment, PLC, 624 S.W.3d 481 (Tenn. 2021)
• Bidwell v. Strait, 618 S.W.3d 309 (Tenn. 2021)
• McClay v. Airport Management Serv., LLC, 596 S.W.3d 686 (Tenn. 2020)
• Calaway v. Schucker, 193 S.W.3d 509 (Tenn. 2005)
• Braylon W. v. Walker, 2021 WL 2965355 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021)
• Woodruff v. Walker, 542 S.W.3d 486 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017)
• Wade v. Jackson-Madison County Gen. Hosp., 469 S.W.3d 54 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015)
• Templeton v. Jackson-Madison County Gen. Hospital., 2017 WL3492009 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017)
• Jackson v. Joyner, 309 S.W.3d 910 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009)
• McIntosh v. Blanton, 164 S.W.3d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004)
• Lockard v. Bratton, 2009 WL 275783 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009)
• Gilchrist v. Aristorenas, 2008 WL 4981103 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Dumbaugh v. Thomas, 2008 WL 2894792 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Brazier v. Crocket Hosp., 2006 WL 2040408 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006)
• Vickroy v. Pathways, Inc., 2004 WL 3048972 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004)